Garment



Sept. 10, 1935. T. PAPAGEORGE GARMENT Filed April 5, 1935 ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 10, 1935 PATENT OFFIE GARMENT Theodore Papageorge, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to Monarch Manufacturing Company, Milwau-- kee, Wisz, a corporation of Wisconsin Application April 3, 1935, Serial No. 14,388

4 Claims.

The present Invention relates in general to im-. provements in the art of manufacturing garments, and relates more specifically to lapelled garments having separable, slide-operated fas- 5 tener devices.

Generally defined, an object of the invention is to provide an attractive and. improved jacket or blouse-like garment arranged along its front edge portions with separable, slide operated fasteners.

Various attempts have been made in the art to provide garments wherein the front meeting edges thereof were releasably secured together by separable, slide-operated fasteners, but in certain types of jackets of this class, the lapels were eliminated, and the same, therefore, lacked the attractive appearance resulting from the provision of lapels, and in addition, upon complete closure there were no overlapping superimposed portions to afford extra warmth and protection.

In other attempts in this art, dickeys have been provided which were adapted to be extended across the upper front portion of the jacket and secured internally when the fasteners were entirely closed. Arrangements of this type, however, proved to be rather cumbersome and make-shift, and failed to provide the desired appearance resulting from the incorporation of lapels in the garment.

These prior objections were overcome by the structure shown in the Gold Patent #1,951,240

wherein the front meeting edges of the garment are adapted to be entirelyclosed by slide operated fasteners, and wherein lapels, for appearance, when the garment is partially open, may be folded internally in superimposed relationship when the garment is closed up to the neck-line. To accomplish this result, however, the garment referred to is provided with pockets between the lapels and the garment fronts, to interchangeably receive the lapels. This structure, while serving the purpose, requires additional material, and a careful disposition of the superimposed parts when the jacket is tobe entirely closed. It also increases the manufacturing difliculties, and makes an undesirably bulky arrangement at the neck when the garment is closed to the neck-line,

by virtue of the fact that such closure of the garment necessarily requires superimposing of three relatively thick garment portions adjacent the neck-line.

It is, therefore, a primary object of the present invention to overcome the above-noted objections found in all of the prior garments of this type, by providing a jacket-like garment equipped with separable, slide-operated fasteners and having lapels to enhance the appearance of the jacket,-

but arranged so that said lapels may be overlapped for additional thickness and warmth, but in overlapping of the lapels the necessity of a pocket for receiving a lapel is eliminated, and said lapel is neatly secured exteriorly contiguous with 5 portions of the front sections of the garment, without interfering with the operation of the fastener to entirely close the front of the garment, and without undue bunching of the material at the neck-line.

It is a more specific object of the invention to provide an attractive, warm, and useful lapelled garment adapted to be partially or entirely closed to the neck-line, by a separable, slide-operated fastener. 15

Additional specific objects of the invention are to provide a lapelled, separable, slide-fastener controlled garment of considerably simpler construction than garments of this class heretofore produced, which is provided with effective means for concealment of the separable, slide-operated fastener; which is extremely convenient to operate and manipulate; which is easily convertible from a lapelled garment to a garment closed up to the neck-line; and which is less expensive to manufacture than garments of this class heretofore produced.

These and other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following detailed description.

A clear conception of an embodiment of the 0 novel features and of the mode of constructing and of utilizing the improved garment having these features may be hadby referring to the drawing accompanying and forming. a part of this specification, in which like reference char- 35 acters designate the same or similar parts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the improved lapelled garment with thefastening device secured only at the lower portion of the garment and the lapels 40 folded in normal outer positions;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, front view of the jacket with the front closed to the lapels and with the neck and lapelled portion open, a por- 45 tion of the lapels being broken away to show constructional details;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, only showing the manner in which one of the lapels is folded prior to the overlapping of the lapel, and prior to the manipulation of the. fastener to entirely close the front of the jacket; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, front view showing the front of the jacket entirely closed to the neckline.

While the invention has been shown and departicular type of jacket, it is not intended to limit the scope by such specific embodiment, and it should be understood that the improved features are readily applicable generally to other types of garments, coats, blouses, and the like.

Referring to the drawing, the jacket or blouse of Fig. 1 includes the usual body covering front sections 6 and I having adjacent edge portions adapted to be secured together. Sleeves 8 are attached at opposite sides of the body sections, and adjacent the upper portions of the front edges'of the body sections 6 and 1 there are foldably secured tapered lapels 9 and Ill. The upper ends of said lapels merge into a collar H, and the lapels are defined from the collar and foldable with respect thereto by virtue of the provision of V-shaped cuts or recesses l2. The lapel I0 is formed as a folded continuation of the adjacent portion of the body section I, while the lapel 9 is secured along its inner edge inwardly of the adjacent edge-portion of the body section 6, so that a shoulder I3 is'provided along the junction of the lapel 9 with the body section 6.

The device for releasably securing the adjacent front edges of the front sections 6 and"! together consists of a separable, slide-operated fastener of a well-known type, comprising two cooperable rows of slides and a connecting element-movable along the slides. This device consists generally of a flexible fastener strip I 4 secured along the inner surface of the front section 6, and a similar complementary strip I5 secured merges into the lapel I0 said strip l5 extends.

at an angle relative to the lower portion and along the-free edge of the lapel, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4. A slide element I6 is adapted to embrace portions of both strips l4 and I5 and as the slide element is moved along the strips upwardly, it causes a locking engagement between the complementary portions of the two strips. Similarly, when theslide element is moved downwardly, it permits separation of the fastener strips to allow the frontsections of the garment to open relative to one another.

When the garment is to be worn with the upper portion thereof open, the slide element I6 is moved upwardly to about the point shown in Fig, 2, whereby the fastener strips secure the front edges of the body sections together to a point just below the lapels, permitting the lapelled and neck-portions to remain open. In this position the lapels are folded outwardlyonto the body sections, as shown, and inthe manner in which lapels are normally arranged. In this way, the garment is partially closed, and the attractive appearance of the outwardly folded lapels is not lost.

If the wearer desires to have the entire chest portion of the garment closed up to the neckline, and desires additional warmth and protection at said portion, the lapel 9 is first unfolded as in Fig. 3 so as to form a continuation of the section 6. Then thelapel I0 is unfolded to form the garment there is no undue bunching of garthe shoulder I3, terminating below the left hand 5 front side portion of the collar, with respect to Fig. 4. This manipulation secures the edge of the lapel II] to the upper edge portion of the body.

section 6, with the lapels 9 and Ill in superimposed relation, and the garment is thus closed up to the neck-line in a neat and attractive arrangement. The collar Il may be worn either turned upwardly or folded down as shown.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the. present invention eliminates the objectionable features found in all of the former types of garments controlled by separable, slideoperated fasteners, and permits the provision of a garment of this type provided with lapels and arranged for use with the lapels folded either out- 20 wardly in the ordinary manner or overlapped, for extra warmth, and in the latter case the front of the jacket is readily closable its entire distance to the neck-line. In the latter position of 25 ment thicknesses and there is no requirement for pockets or flaps to receive the superimposed lapel portions. The structure is neat and attractive and is easily manipulable and convertible.

It should be understood that it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact details of construction and to the precise mode of use herein shown and described, for various modifications within the scope of the claims may occur to persons skilled in the art.

What is claimed as the invention is:

1. In a body garment, right and left fronts-each having a lapel foldably associated with the upper portion thereof, and a separable fastener comprising two cooperable continuous rows of slides, 40 one of said rows extending along the extreme edge of one of said fronts up to the lower end of the corresponding lapel and from thence extending over said front and substantially along the fold line of said lapel, and the other of said rows ex- 5 tending along the extreme edge of the other of said fronts up to the lower end of the other lapel and from thence continuing along the extreme free edge of said other lapel, so that by initially folding said first lapel into the plane of its car- 50 rier front said fastener may be utilized to fold the other lapel externally over said initially folded. lapel and the garment may be closed substantially up to the neckline.

2. In a body garment, right and left fronts 55 each having a lapel foldably associated with the upper portion thereof, and a separable fastener comprising two cooperable continuous angular rows ofslides, one of said rows extending along the extreme edge of one of said fronts up to the 50 lower end of the correspondinglapel and from thence extending laterally of its lower portion over said front and substantially along the fold line of said lapel, and the other of said rows extending along the extreme edge of the other 55 of said fronts up to the lower end of the other lapel and from thence continuing laterally of its lower portion along the extreme free edge of said other lapel, so that by initially folding said first lapel into the plane of its carrier front said 70 fastener may be utilized to fold the other lapel externally over said initially folded lapel and the garment may be closed substantially up to the neckline.

3. In a body garment, right and left fronts 7 each having a lapel foldably associated with the upper portion thereof, a collar extending from one of said fronts to the other at the upper ends of said lapels, and a separable fastener comprising two cooperable continuous rows of slides and a connecting slide element movable along said rows, one of said rows extending along the extreme edge of one of said fronts up to the lowerend of the corresponding lapel and from thence extending over said front and substantially along the fold line of said lapel, and the other of said rows extending along the extreme edge of the I other of said fronts up to the lower end of the other lapel and from thence continuing along the extreme free edge of said other lapel, so that by initially folding said first lapel into the plane of its carrier front said fastener may be utilized to fold the other lapel externally over said initially folded lapel and the garment may be closed substantially up to the neckline with said slide element concealed beneath said collar.

4. In a body garment, right and left fronts each having a lapel foldably associated with the upper portion thereof, a collar extending from one of said fronts to the other'at the upper ends of said lapels, and a separable fastener comprising two cooperable continuous angular rows of slides and a connecting slide element movable along said rows, one of said rows extending along the ex- 5 treme edge of one of said fronts up to the lower end of the corresponding lapel and from thence extending laterally of its lower portion over said front and substantially within the fold line of said lapel when the lapel is in its outwardly 10 folded position, and the other of said rows extending along the extreme edge of the other of said fronts up to the lower end of the other lapel and fromthence continuing laterally of its lower portion along the'extreme free edge of said other 15 lapel, so that by initially folding said first lapel into the plane of its carrier frontsaid fastener may be utilized to fold the other lapel externally over said initially folded lapel and the garment may be closed substantially up to the neckline 20 with said slide element concealed beneath said carrier.

THEODORE PAPAGEORGE. 

